BARGAINS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of bargain

as in deals

something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business

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as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken made a bargain that one would help the other next week

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bargains

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bargain

as in negotiates

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price

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as in covenants

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes

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as in arranges

to bring about through discussion and compromise bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with

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Recent Examples of bargains

Noun

But by one measure, at least, the megacaps are starting to look like bargains. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 July 2026 At 40 percent off, the Hoka Bondi 8 Caged Sneakers are one of the biggest bargains on this list. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026 There are plenty of beauty bargains worth grabbing from Amazon Outlet, too. — Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Home prices in the nation are falling, making way for potential bargains—but only the wealthiest foreigners can afford to move there. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 July 2026 If this sounds like you, here’s some advice for snagging last-minute bargains. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Amazon Prime Day has millions more bargains to scoop up. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 Stocking up with household bargains this week for the annual Amazon Prime Day sale? — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 Entering the final season of a three-year, $13 million deal, McBride represents one of the best bargains in basketball. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

Verb

The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026 One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026 In this Gothic fantasy debut, Leena Al-Sayer bargains her ability to see the dead in order to pay for the expensive medicine her brother Rami needs to live. — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026 One of the best Cyber Monday bargains out there is this incredible OLED portable from Asus, which is crammed with high-end silicon for peak performance on all of today's top titles. — PC Magazine, 30 Nov. 2025 The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the studios, congratulated Mulroney on her election. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025 Oscar nominee and Lord of the Rings alum Astin will have quite the task ahead of them at the top of next year as SAG-AFTRA returns to the negotiating table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which collectively bargains on behalf of the major Hollywood studios. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 Miami bargains Despite sporting baseball’s lowest payroll, the Miami Marlins have outperformed the league’s highest-spending teams this summer. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargains

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Los Angeles and Southern California are emerging as power centers in this surge, with nearly $8 billion invested across 207 deals, led by space and defense firms such as Anduril Industries and Impulse Space.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Spectrum is the most obvious example right now, and recent deals show how much buyers will pay to lock it up.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of deals

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That created an opening for Samsung Electronics and Micron to accelerate investment in competing products while securing their own supply agreements with hyperscalers seeking to diversify AI chip supply chains.

— Lee Ying Shan,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Violence flared and subsided periodically, and Lebanon and Israel reached ceasefire agreements in 1993, 1996 and after a 2006 war.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of agreements

Verb

Bill negotiation PocketGuard partners with Billshark, a company that negotiates for lower rates on your behalf.

— Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026
The series stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman who negotiates on behalf of oil companies.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Definition of negotiates

Noun

In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
When injuries hit the big-league club he was promoted and has 7 homers, 27 RBI and 12 steals.

— Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of steals

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Australia, Japan and New Zealand condemned the launch into the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, as regional governments sign new defense pacts and warn China’s opaque militarization is destabilizing Pacific security.

— Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Finney-Smith’s arrival leaves Charlotte with 17 players on standard pacts and when factoring the utilization of the maximum of three two-way contract slots into account when they are officially filled, that pushes the Hornets up to 20.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026

Definition of pacts

Verb

The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction.

— Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October.

— John Wilkerson, STAT, 25 June 2026